Dripaj Posted May 2, 2020 Share #1 Posted May 2, 2020 Hello, encouraged by Kikatinalongs i will submit my own build log of a carrack. I had the fortune to buy it at an auction for the equivalent of 20 $. Although not complete and lacking plans. I bought the plan from cornwall model boats. From start my intension was to use the wood as spare. The big con with my kit, which is quite old probably at least 30 years old, is the quality of metal casting. It is brittle and badly cast. From a personal view i think it quite ugly. Looks like someone put a caravan on top of a lumberyard. Mamoli did not bother to check how guns or windlass were constructed in the 16th century. Based on that i decided to make my own interpretation of a 16th century ship. Could possibly look like something sailing in the baltic sea. thibaultron, ccoyle, GrandpaPhil and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dripaj Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted May 2, 2020 I built new gun carriges. Supplied carriges (if they had not dissintegrated when handled) represent a typr not yet present when this ship was used. GrandpaPhil, thibaultron and Kikatinalong 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dripaj Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted May 2, 2020 Discarded the supplied frames of metal and made new ones from sticks normally used for stirring coffee thibaultron and GrandpaPhil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dripaj Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted May 5, 2020 I decided to get rid of the balconies. All that extraterrestial scaffolding gave the impression of a medival century of the seas cruiser. I also decided not to follow one of my guidelines, check everything 3 times before glue and managed to put one of the pieces which shape the stern in the wrong place. Well, since I never was especialy fond of the shape i filed and sanded it down to a flat stern. All this makes it obvious that I mainly make it up as I go along. Kikatinalong and GrandpaPhil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikatinalong Posted May 6, 2020 Share #5 Posted May 6, 2020 Well I had to come along and have a look, very nice work so far, and I'm not surprised at all that u have decided to make it up as u go along, the only thing metal that's of any use are the cannons and anchors in my and others opinions. Looking forward to seeing how it moves along Cheers Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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